Uncategorized Summer garden by user|Published July 18, 2015 Right now there is something special about gardens. Big showy flowers dominate and this one almost glowed in the dark light of an approaching summer thunderstorm.
Published May 26, 2015 Happy mourning dove family A pair of mourning doves nested in a redbud in my yard after doing minimal renovations to an old robin nest. These […]
Published May 3, 2016 Abundant Azaleas I am named for my father’s sister, Ruth Happel Smiley, who for most of her life worked on the gardens at Mohonk […]
Published September 23, 2015 Craggy Pinnacle Around 20 miles north of Asheville the Blue Ridge Parkway travels through what is locally known as Craggy Gardens, a Natural Heritage […]
Published August 31, 2015 End of August With the end of August fast approaching, summer is drawing to a close in the mountains. There will still be hot days, […]